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blue waters. Galleys of war throng the harbor 

 and graceful barges spread their silken sails of 

 varied colors, that glow reflected in the tide. 



To the left is a massive Doric temple, with its 

 carved pediment. Long colonnades stretch up 

 ward to some spacious administrative hall, with 

 its serried columns and its crowning dome. On 

 the opposite shore magnificent palaces rise, with 

 rich statuary, huge vases and luxurious draperies, 

 Tyrean purple flashing against silks of white and 

 gold. Wealth and art have here their home. 

 Lifted aloft on clustered pillars stands a white- 

 robed goddess holding out in her hand a Winged 

 Victory. A wall with stately caryatids leads to 

 the massive bridge over which a triumphal pro 

 cession moves. On his exalted throne the victor 

 is borne along, proud in imperial scarlet, while 

 below him throng the horsemen, and white-vested 

 counsellors follow in solemn ranks. Before him 

 rises the triumphal arch, surmounted with glitter 

 ing armor and arms. Wide-spread, lavish 

 drapery hangs in gorgeous folds from bridge and 

 monuments. Large in the foreground, prodi 

 gally designed, a fountain fills its marble basin 

 with the waters of the selfsame spring over which, 

 in that misty morning, far away in the past, the 

 roe had leaped, pursued by the eager huntsman 

 clad in the skins of the chase. 



Human glory and material development are 

 here in their apogee. Man could do no more 



